Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1902 — RAILROADS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

RAILROADS.

The Columbus and Southern Railway Company has been incorporated with $2,600,000 capital stock. The Increased comfort and safety with which women travelers can journey these days is characteristic of the age. U is estimated that there are used of New York Central mileage books alone from seven to ten million • miles per month. Announcement has been made by the Northern Pacific that during BepUmbw and October one way colonists rates will be in force. President Perry of the Denver and Northwestern has awarded a contract for the construction of eighteen miles of the Moffat road leading into the mountains. Colonist rates to the Northwest identical with those which sent so many settlers to that region in the spring and early summer are to be put into effect again in September and October. While no passengers were killed in railroad accidents, the British roads show that eight trainmen and three other persons not passengers were killed in accidents in the year. Contracts have been let by the Union Pacific for the construction of the most remarkable viaduct extant in railroad construction. The viaduct will be 40 miles long and will run straight across one corner of the great Salt Lake. The Illinois Central railroad’s telephone line, which has been under construction for several mouths, is now completed and in operation through from Chicago to New Orleans. There is now in operation a total of 1.045.7 b miles of long-distance telephone line owned and operated excluaivaly by the Illinois Central railroad for railroad business.